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NORTON, Mass. -- Ryan Moore changed his schedule to pile up tournaments at the end of the year with hopes of getting into a rhythm going into the FedEx Cup playoffs.He has no complaints with the results.Moore backed up a good start to the playoffs with a 6-under 65 on Friday to share the first-round lead with James Hahn on a day when hardly anyone seemed too far away. After one round at the TPC Boston, 37 players were separated by three shots.Phil Mickelson would be an exception. Mickelson, who leads the PGA Tour in adjusted scoring average and said he wanted to win the Vardon Trophy for the first time in his career, took two swipes out of high grass in a water hazard to no avail, finally took a drop and made a quadruple-bogey 8 on the sixth hole. That sent him to 75 and in third-to-last place.Moore and Hahn played bogey-free on a breezy day that allowed for good scoring, even though no one went terribly low. They were one shot ahead of Paul Casey and Fabian Gomez. The average score was 69.67 as 80 of the 97 players in the field were at par or better.As usual, there were Ryder Cup implications.Jim Furyk, J.B. Holmes and Daniel Berger were in the group at 67, all of them to make an impression before Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III starts filling out the U.S. team with three picks in 10 days. Holmes finished 10th in the standings, while Furyk was at No. 15 even though he four months recovering from wrist surgery.Love has said every American in the Deutsche Bank Championship would be on his radar, though Moore isnt even thinking about it. His main goal is to get to the Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup finale, and this stacked schedule at the end of the year is working in his favor.Along with a victory in the John Deere Classic, he tied for seventh last week at The Barclays to move to No. 11 in the FedEx Cup.I like how Ive been feeling with my game, Moore said. This is actually the sixth tournament in a row, which I dont think Ive ever done in my entire career on the PGA Tour. Im getting some positive momentum going into these events. How Ive been doing it these last few years kind of wasnt working so I decided to change it up and play a lot more and make a final push and then I know I get a little break.It seems to be working, whatever that decision was.Emiliano Grillo and Adam Scott played together and each shot 67, though they finished differently. Grillo hit a 4-iron into the hazard on the par-5 18th, took a drop and holed out with a wedge for birdie, looking blankly as the crowd roared before throwing down his club in mock surrender. Scott hit into a greenside bunker with his second shot, had a terrible lie and took two shots to get out in saving par.I should have chunked a 4-iron. Thats the way to make birdie, Scott said with a laugh.Jordan Spieth played with them and shot a 68, saying after his round he somehow was losing some 30 yards off his driver and would try to figure out why. Barclays winner Patrick Reed and Dustin Johnson also were at 68.Jason Day, the world No. 1, opened with a 70 and then discovered his wife and two children were involved in a car accident near their travel bus. Day said his wife was taken to the hospital as a precaution, though everyone seemed to be OK.The top 70 in the FedEx Cup advance after this week, and it was a big start for Furyk and Steve Stricker. Furyk is at No. 84, while Stricker barely made it into the field at No. 97. Both opened at 67.Furyk is more concerned with getting to the BMW Championship next week than his Ryder Cup lot.Theres really nothing you can do but go play well, Furyk said. So Im going to try to do my best not to really pay too much attention to the scoreboard and go play golf and worry about the process more than the golf.Stricker went to a different putter, a rare move for him, switching to a face-balanced model after his wife noticed last week he had trouble keeping it square. He decided to give it shot on Friday, and it paid off. His hope is that he gets to keep playing for at least seven more rounds.My goal this year was just to finish in the top 125 and get back into some of the tournaments that I had been play -- The Players Championship, some of the majors. Then once I did that ... you know, were all competitive. We all want to keep playing. Terrell Owens Super Bowl Jersey . LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. Ronnie Lott Super Bowl Jersey . 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TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays hope a return home will revive their sputtering offense.It might not be easy, however, against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.Tampa Bay will send out Jake Odorizzi in the opener of the three-game series at Rogers Centre.The right-hander has matched the club record with three consecutive scoreless starts. He has not allowed a run in 20 2/3 innings, one-third of a frame short of the teams season-best string set by Alex Colome.Its nice to have the results to go with the stuff, Odorizzi said. From a confidence standpoint, when pitchers have good stuff, see good results, the confidence goes through the roof.The Blue Jays are returning from a 4-3 road trip against the Houston Astros and the Kansas City Royals.They returned from a winning trip without much hitting. After the Royals took the rubber match of the three-game series 7-1 on Sunday, the Blue Jays were outscored 19-17 over the seven games and batted .138 with runners in scoring position.They have failed to score more than four runs in a game since July 30 when they plated nine against the Baltimore Orioles, who beat the Chicago White Sox 10-2 Sunday to take a one-game lead over the Blue Jays (63-49) in the American League East.Today was a little bit frustrating, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said after his team hit just six singles. We really havent been swinging it good since that last homestand. Weve been kind of in a little rut, so were due to explode.There are 162 games, its baseball and its hard to be hot for 162, said Marcus Stroman, who allowed three runs in five innings to take the loss Sunday. Our guys are some of the best hitters in the league, were aware of that, and the drought is not going to last. Its just one of those spurts and Im sure theyll break out soon.The Rays lost 6-3 Sunday to the Minnesota Twins to complete a 6-4 homestand that included a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees.They are 11-11 since the All -Star break but at 45-65 overall are well removed froom postseason contention.dddddddddddd They have been pitching well, however, and have allowed three runs or fewer in 11 of their past 13 games.The Rays are undergoing a rebuilding process and before the deadline for trades without waivers last Monday, they traded left-hander Matt Moore, outfielder Brandon Guyer and utility player Steve Pearce.Third baseman Evan Longoria, who is accustomed to playing on Tampa Bay team that contended and reached the World Series in 2008, longs to return to a contenders status.Im ready to win, Longoria told the Tampa Times. I hate sitting around watching all my friends go out and do that. I do believe we can be a contender here again. It takes a lot. It takes a lot. And we have to believe that from the top down.... Personally you get spoiled going to the playoffs so often (four times in six years) and just expecting that it is going to happen again. ... I want to go back. And I want us to do everything possible to give ourselves the best chance to do that.Odorizzi (6-5, 3.70 ERA), who will face knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (8-12, 4.49 ERA) on Monday, allowed two hits and two walks over six innings Wednesday in a 12-0 win against Kansas City.He is 3-2 with a 3.33 ERA in nine career starts against the Blue Jays, In three starts against them this season, Odorizzi is 1-0 with a 2.04 ERA. He has made five career starts at Rogers Centre, going 2-2 with a 5.27 ERA.Dickey is 1-1 with a 5.73 ERA two starts against the Rays this season. In his career, he is 8-9 with a 4.33 ERA against Tampa Bay in 24 games, including 20 starts.The Rogers Centre has not been kind to Dickey this season. He is 2-8 with a 5.40 ERA this season and has allowed 15 of his 26 homers there this season.The last time the teams met, the Rays swept a three-game series at Rogers Centre May 16-18 and scored 31 runs, a club record for a three-game series. ' ' '